Because I have little faith in the White Sox scouting department. I hope that his tweet is false, though I'm not sure what the point of lying about it would be.

Whatever the case may be, it doesn't really matter, the Sox took a flyer on Rodriguez in the late rounds but everyone knew he was going to be a tough, tough sign, so the team has wisely used it's time, money, and energy on inking the majority of the other players selected in what overall looks to be a pretty solid draft.